White-throated Sp

Gallery: AvianPosted February 6, 2014804 views13 comments

Another from our wintery backyard. These White-throated Sparrows are amongst the hardiest of our winter birds. I see them everywhere in the hedgerows along the road when the ground is snow covered, but they're not so shy that they don't enjoy coming to my feeders.
I like the snowy scene in this and the almost tucked in foot. I do wish the tail was sharper, but at the low shutter speed, I probably caught a little movement. From comments by Keith on some previous images, I boosted the mid-tones in this a little and added some extra sharpening. Please let me know what you think!

50D, 700mm, ISO 400, 1/30, F9 LARGER version also posted. Thanks for any comments/critiques you care to leave...I appreciate and learn from them all! Sharon

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 6, 2014 at 5:45 PM

Excellent job on the exposure, Sharon. It's neat that you can differentiate so well between the foreground and bg snow. I agree that the single claw sticking out is really cool. To my eye, it looks as if your point of focus might be the side of the sparrow rather than the eye/face-it looks a little sharper there, though it seems pretty sharp throughout. I like this image a lot.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 6, 2014 at 6:42 PM

I like everything about this one Sharon, and the single claw protruding there's very cool

Excellent

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Comment posted by Bill Marsh on February 6, 2014 at 6:47 PM

Hi Sharon
I really like this image. The fact the bird is holding up one leg like his feet are cold makes this snowy scene even colder.Good job getting a good sharp image at 1/30 sec with a focal length of 700 mm.

Bill

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 6, 2014 at 7:19 PM

Nice image, Sharon! Nice color. Good detail in the larger version. I like the bit of snow on the beak.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 7, 2014 at 2:21 AM

Looks like he has cold feet ! Great details and sharpness in the larger version - I do not know how the image looked before your changes, but this looks fine to me Sharon ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on February 7, 2014 at 10:10 AM

Lovely portrait with some very nice details. Nicely taken, Sharon.

Andy...

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 7, 2014 at 11:40 AM

I also like this one with good detail and color. The one foot pose adds action to the image IMHO. For me, I would like just a bit more detail under the sparrow. Hope to catch these guys later this year. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 7, 2014 at 12:12 PM

Nice high key portrait of this little guy. Excellent job on the exposure maintaining all the detail.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 7, 2014 at 4:30 PM

Lovely wintry portrait.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 8, 2014 at 1:07 AM

Great detail Sharon and I like the contrast between the bird and the snow. Maybe a bit more room??

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 9, 2014 at 3:29 PM

Hi Sharon

The large version shows some WOW detail.. to me, the color, detail and light make this an exceptional capture

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 12, 2014 at 8:21 AM

Love the little leg up. Details are just wonderful!

Ray

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 12, 2014 at 11:07 PM

Great pose you captured Sharon and the overall scene is very cool,
Well Done . . .

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